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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e §5.2 The Uniform Distribution · Exercise 37 · Probability · Continuous distributions

The Uniform Distribution · Exercise 37

The Sky Train from the terminal to the rental–car and long–term parking center is supposed to arrive every eight minutes. The waiting times for the train are known to follow a uniform distribution.

Find the 30^th percentile for the waiting times (in minutes).

(a) two
(b) 2.4
(c) 2.75
(d) three

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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §5.2 The Uniform Distribution · Exercise 37

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